The aim of this course is that the students will gain an elementary intuitive and formal background to understanding the present state of astronomical research about the shape of the Universe. The emphasis will be on observational strategies. General relativity and the details of modern observational cosmology will only be presented very briefly; students who are interested will need to develop deeper understanding through their own reading and other courses.
AstroPh:0602280 - George Ellis - Issues in the Philosophy of Cosmology - this is a proper scientific approach, i.e. serious philosophy explained in simple (scientific) words
GrQc:9812046 - George Ellis - relativistic cosmology - standard + beyond standard 1998 Cargese notes
Dlaczego coś jak wims? http://wims.unice.fr/paper/pqt.pdf - a paper explaining the principle of tests with open-question sets. WIMS can be used to implement this principle.